The joint compound is composed of coordinating morphemes with similar or opposite meanings. When you study Chinese at school, teacher may tell you that each morpheme has no difference in the status and importance. More importantly, the parts of speech of the two morphemes are the same. It usually the noun, verb or adjective, and the meanings […]
Acquiring Chinese language is important for foreigners when they study Chinese in China. But they should also learn something related to the culture. The body language is essential to learn when leaning in Chinese contexts. Teachers can explain the specific meanings of the postures with the real examples. For example, when teachers raise the thumb to the students, […]
When learners are learning new Chinese words, they may take use of the antonyms to memorize the words. In the same way, the students can also guess the words meanings by using the antonyms in the context when they study Chinese. For example, in the sentence 东方人比较委婉，而西方人比较直接, the students may not know the meaning of 委婉 […]
In ancient times, there were no punctuation marks in Chinese language and people read books with stops according to the meanings. In modern Chinese language, all kinds of punctuation marks are used. In the process of studying in one-on-one Chinese learning program, students may find that the marks in different places will produce various meanings in the same sentence. […]
When foreign students who just learn to speak Chinese talk with Chinese people, they often feel confused by some sentence structures used by them. For example, you may hear 我不想和他住一个房间，抽烟不说，睡觉还打呼噜, which is one example of the structure A 不说，还 B. When we use it, we usually intend to indicate that there is B in addition to what […]
There are many similar words in Chinese language in both appearance and meaning. 肯定and确定is one of the most frequently seen groups. The former one can function as both verb and adjective. When it is used as an adjective, it carries the meaning of being positive or affirmative like 他的语气很肯定and他的回答是肯定的. Students who learn Mandarin Chinese should know the verb 肯定means […]
One effective access for Chinese leaning is to learn on the internet. During the process when you study Mandarin online, you may often see the phrase开什么玩笑. Usually, when Chinese people use this phrase, they mean to disagree fully with what the others have said or it is impossible to meet the demands of the other party. Here […]
The meanings of words have generality. But some words have no definite boundary line of generalized range and it has some degree of ambiguity. For example, in modern Chinese, the word 早晨morning has such explanation in Modern Chinese Dictionary like the following. The explanation reads that a time period ranging from daytime at 8 or […]
Compared with the general adjectives, the state adjectives have several grammatical functions. State adjectives are used to describe the state of something. When the foreign students are taking Mandarin language courses in China, they should know something about the functions of the state adjectives. The first grammatical function of the state adjectives is served as […]
Much preparation work should be done before constructing a house. It is the same in Chinese languagelearning that the students need to learn some basic words before they can open the mouth and speak Chinese. Many foreigners are confused about how to study Chinese words effectively. In fact, if you can associate one word with another which is […]